Jackson won t release email about 2020 water system problems
April 19, 2021
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) The city of Jackson, Mississippi, has denied a TV station s public records request for email about problems with the city water treatment system.
WLBT-TV recently requested all city email related to the Environmental Protection Agency telling Jackson in March 2020 to bring its water treatment system into compliance with federal law.
City officials kept the emergency administrative order secret until news organizations recently reported about it.
WLBT reported that it requested city email related to the order. In a one-page response, the Public Works Department said email is “protected by attorney-client privilege, the attorney work doctrine or as settlement negotiations in an ongoing enforcement action.”
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The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 157 new COVID-19 cases in the state and no deaths as of April 17 via their Twitter. Lafayette county has reported no new cases since last Friday, with a total of 6077 since the COVID-19 pandemic started.
State officials are continuing to urge citizens to get vaccinated, despite drawbacks like the national call back of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, and trends of COVID-19 cases continuing to rise in Mississippi.
“Trending up last week. The future is in our hands,” State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs said in a tweet. “Fight COVID – get vaccinated.”
The university also followed suit with the rest of the nation, and will no longer be issuing the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, according to an email sent out April 14. All appointments for the specific vaccine have been canceled, and the email encouraged those with any specific concerns to reach out to health officials either on or off-campus.
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Mitch Williams, 85, one of the first patients to be seen at the Delta Health Center in Mound Bayou, Miss. poses inside of the center’s museum, March 3, 2021.
In the 1960s, health care for Black residents in rural Mississippi was practically non-existent. While some hospitals served Black patients, they struggled to stay afloat; most options were segregated. During the height of the civil rights movement, young Black doctors decided to launch a movement of their own.
“Mississippi was third-world and was so bad and so separated. The community health center movement was the conduit for physicians all over this country who believed that all people have a right to health care,” said Dr. Robert Smith.